arianna huffington was the commencement speaker at graduation ceremonies this year at smith college in massachusetts. she is the head of the "huffington post" an online news site and blog founded in 2005. this is about 25 minutes. >> arianna huffington. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much. numbers of the faculty, devoted fans and friends, and especially the fabulous class of 2013. [applause] congratulations, you have reached the light at the end of the tunnel. when you first arrived four years ago, i am sure you never imagined that at the end of that, we there would be a lady behind a podium talking to you in a funny accent. [laughter] this accent has been the bane of my existence until, in 1980, i moved to new york from england and i met henry kissinger. he said to me and don't ever worry about your accent. in american public life, you can never underestimate the advantages of complete and total incomprehensibility. [laughter] [applause] i am so grateful to be with you at this very special moment. you don't know it, but i have spent the last few weeks stalking you. [lau

arianna huffington. this whole conversation of women in the work lace is a really big deal. what do you make of the fact that in this moment you are playing this woman who really is an empowering kind of being? >> it is an honor. it was not my idea, so i cannot take a lot of responsibility for it. inc. thate time, i match knew it was going in that direction. .y on naÏvetÉ brought something maybe she did not feel she would end up that way. for me it is a great story to tell. is important,it but it is so interesting. what i learned from her unique brand of feminism is that is how most women feel it. she just kind of kept bumping against it until it roque. broke. there were those making big vocal stance, and there were those like peggy, who say, i am good at what i do. i am amazing, and i should be given a chance to do it, whether i am a woman or not. that is still happening. that is still going on, and it butgotten so much better, it is still an important story. it makes it so much more interesting. it makes it so much more complex that she has grown. it is something i would h

here in our powerhouse roundtable, along with arianna huffington. "the wall street journal" editorial page editor, paul gigot, and gwen ifill, the moderator of "news hour" on pbs. we're getting a sense of where the public is on all of this. the quinnipiac poll, americans believe the questions of the irs targeting conservative groups are the most serious. followed by benghazi and the seizing of the a.p. phone records by the justice department. more than three-quarters believe a special prosecutor should be able to look into the matter. and it's taking a toll on president obama's approval rating. almost half of the country disapproves of the job he's doing. david, how much damage has this done? and how does tsident get a handle on it? >> i think the president's approval rating is higher than that. people should be concerned about the irs. it touches everyone in america. as we move forward here, the key thing the american people want to know is what is going to happen, in terms of accountability? what changes are going to be put in place? and all these

on the liberal side dianne feinstein likes it, arianna huffington hates it joining us from washingtono sort it all out for us brit hume. so you heard a lot of stuff in the last 15 minutes or so. >> i did. >> bill: how do you process it all? >> well, what i would say about the program as far as we know is that used legally within the we're all probably pretty safe in terms of the privacy of communications. the worrisome thing is when the government has this much data is the possibility that it could be illegally accessed and used for illegal purposes. the leaker of this information suggested that can happen and that he, as a relatively junior officialor junior employee of a company that was working with the national security agency that he was able to access all this information. i'm skeptical of him, however, bill. i think he hasn't been very clear and specific about the kinds of abuses he claims have happened or could happen. he hasn't cited any specifics even in terms of the way he described them. so i'm a little worried about him. in fact, bill, i would say to you that the thing th

i'm in arianna huffington's [ bleep ] bed. this what is my life has become.ell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. it's so bizarre. >> it's like -- it's seriously like, it's like the commercial where she's washing her hair going oh, yes, it's amazing. >> yeah. >> to watch you tell people off like that. >> but i'm not like that in real life. >> especially big, stupid men. >> i know you're not. >> you know what my fantasy is though? >> what? >> we do another season, really we should, larry, hello. >> come on, larry. >> if we do another season, susie needs to have the affairs with the pool boy and hot guy. jeff is having affairs left and right and me i get nothing. it's not right. >> you know what, what people are thinking when watching "curb" that susie, the one that everyone wants you to be, she's hot. >> thank you. >> that's the third metric. >> he's very me kurl, larry. one person i would never predict what he's going to do. >> is he needy. >> needy? no. he's lovely. you've met him. >> i know. >> he's the sweetest thing in the whole world. i don't want to ruin

. >> that woman, arianna huffington, president and editor-in-chief of ""the huffington post"" and mikaezinski, author of "obsessed, food addiction and my own." >> long time no see. >> it's been minutes. we crossed 49th street and here we are together again. the commencement address at smith college got a lot of people talking about this third metric you introduced for women. explain it a little bit. >> we've all bought into this male definition of success which is money and power and it's not working for men. it's not working for women. it's not working for anyone, so what we are suggesting and mika and i are co-hosting a conference tomorrow on the subject called the third metric, is a third metric, which is adding a sense of well-being, our ability to wonder at life, to be wise, to give back, all of these things that really make life worthwhile, how can we make them part of our everyday life instead of thinking that life is some kind of straight line towards the top, no matter the price you pay in terms of your health and your ability to connect with others. >> so you don't necessaril

costolo, the "new " nate silver, steve wozniak, apple cofounder, doug , arianna huffington, wesley bush and former president bill clinton. >> she makes the first speech by sitting first lady, becomes the first president of the daughters of the american revolution, designed her own china, and as that which is the white house china election. she is the first to have a christmas tree in the white house. meet caroline harrison. wife of the president benjamin harrison. live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span3, c- span radio and c-span.org. president obama urged parents and college students to call, e- mail, or tweet congressional representatives and demand action to prevent government- backed student loan interest rates from increasing in july. from the rose garden, this is just under 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good morning, everybody. have a seat, have a seat. welcome to the white house. i know it is a little warm. one of my favorite things about this job is that i get to spend some time with remarkable young people from across the country. it

fareed zakaria and arianna huffington are still with us. they say china will overtake the u.s.y 2016. that's the backdrop the president has when he meets with china's new president. how does america reposition itself when we have central bickering and they have central planning? >> china has been amazing at industrializing itself better than any country in the world, but just take a pause. when you see that 2016 figure, that's on the basis of something called purchasing power parody. it is too technical to get into. the simple fact, china has a $6 trillion economy in dollars. ours is $15 trillion. because of their size they'll catch up for sure and actually not by 2016, much later. the point is china is not a super power yet. the military spending is a quarter of ours and most importantly they don't have that broad mentality of thinking to themselves what is good for the world? how do we provide stability in asia? how do we provide stability in the persian gulf? how do we keep the sea lanes open? they're not doing that stuff. we should recognize they're rising. we should be res

president of huffington post, arianna huffington.new york city howard wolfson. good to have you all on board along with me, willie, and joe as well. before we get to susan rice and apparently what they are saying, we have a big day today. third metric. i see you've brought gifts for the gentlemen on our set? >> i did. i brought our program and it's a little lavender sash and sets when the set goes it's time to unplug, recharge and renew yourself and fortune cookies with third metric wisdom. >> thank you. we are going to have some incredible guests talking about the secret to success that goes beyond money and power. of course, women achieving high levels of power are in the headlines today which we will get to. but this is an important conference with some incredible women and men coming. >> the theme of our conference, of course, that started over breakfast with me talking about our own lives you can't just find success in the money and power. this is an unsustainable way to lead our lives and women need to lead a third women's revo

>> you and russell and katie in arianna huffington's bed. >> it got really rauch chi. >> and i thinke took over. >> he does that. >> yeah. he was hard to handle. >> did he small you? >> not on camera. anyhow, up next -- >> well, hello there. >> hello. >> the top stories in the politico playbook. >> hello. >> oh. >> [ inaudible ]. >> that's what he did when he walked up to the set. >> hello, dear. >> lovely. >> first, here's bill karins -- >> i didn't understand the booking. >> he has a check on the forecast. >> that and john staymoss. >> when we left on friday we were talking about the colorado wildfires that burned 400 homes, one of the worst in the history of colorado. over the weekend the weather did help. it rained a little bit, the temperatures came down, the firefighters have this about 65% contained at this point and they're hoping to let a lot of people back into their homes. slow improvement there. in el paso county, colorado. still a lot of devastation. as far as what we're dealing with today, the forecast looks good in colorado. it ill improve throughout this week. for man

and then the new york euro next -- after that we would hear from arianna huffington, wesley bush, andbill clinton. all that getting underway tomorrow night on c-span. very differente impacts depending on who you are. averages are not going to tell the story pretty young and the healthy are going to see big increases. . in some cases, our survey says 200%. their number is 197%. these are sharp premium increases. for others, they will get decreases as a result. you just don't want to rely on that. there's not a single number that will tell you the story about the aca implementation. some people are going to get quite a bit of impact, others a lot less. >> this weekend, the impact of the new health care law on insurance premiums. also this weekend, pulitzer prize-winning author rick atkinson takes your questions on in-depth. , ourerican history tv weekly look at the presidency. george w. bush and reification. president obama urged parents and college students to call, e-mail, or tweet representatives and demand action to prevent government backed student loan interest rates from increasi

are coming my way to participate in a special women's conference that i will be hosting with arianna huffingtonace are higher than ever and young people are coming of age as america's most stressed generation. we need a new way to measure success, especially for women. we are convening leaders from the accident world and beyond for the first ever women's conference on defining a third metric of success. you can visit mojo.msnbc.com or "huffington post" or join the conversation on twitter with the hash tag, third metric. look forward to seeing you. up next, john mccain joins us off his trip to syria. "morning joe" will be right back. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? a brand new start. your chance to rise and shine. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner, you can do just that. wit

and then we're going back in intoariinto arianna huffington's bag with ali wentworth. first, bill karins with the weather. >>> have you ever seen this at denver international airport? this was outside the terminal window. this was a tornado in between the runways at the airport. they had to evacuate quickly. thankfully, it didn't do any damage. it stayed over the runways and rural areas. a 100-mile-per-hour wind gust was reported with that tornado. it was a pretty serious situation that actually ended pretty well. let me show you the radar image from this. all the major airports in this country have a radar to help with the planes coming in and out. this was the actual picture of the tornado. this was the radar, and the tornado would have been located right in the center of that, right there. these are the runways. this is one runway, and that's the other one just to the east. pretty fascinating event there in denver. we like it, and it's interesting because no one got hurt. yesterday's rainfall in the east, we had a lot of it. we got drenched over maryland and delawar

. >> i'm in arianna huffington's bed. shut up. let somebody else speak for a second. this has been quite a thrill. i was hoping for champagne. >> pillow talk with mika. it could be a new thing. >> maybe katie after hours. >> ooh, that's good. >> looking at that, i learned we went off the rails. just a tiny bit. that's okay. summer's begun. john, what have you learned? >> mike allen's birthday, russell brand has a devoted following. >> devoted. >> which we're not sure about the balance level. >> yesterday joe torre's daughter saved a baby. turns out something like this happens every day. this one is in china. it's like five stories. >> no, no, no. >> dangling out the window. >> they got her and she's okay. >> what is going on with parents right now? >> it's a parenting thing. >> i watched that russell brand video. i learned you have nothing to apologize for. >> thank you very much. >> i want to say something about an important member of the "morning joe family." ann lost her best friend, beloved chloe, this week. we love you. we just wanted to tip our hat to you and ho

costolo, theick "new york times" nate silver, apple cofounder and ceo steve wozniak, nyse duncan arianna huffington, wesley bush, and former president bill clinton. today on c-span, alternatives to owning a car and traditional transportation followed by a discussion about how consumers share product and information and spend less money. and later, a look at the comprehensive immigration reform package, working its way through the senate. >> when the attorney general arranged me in california after the extradition, he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charges. he wanted the death penalty three times. made me realize how serious they were. and again it made me realize that it was not about me because first of all, i cannot be killed three times. it was about the conception of this imaginary enemy, and i was the embodiment of that enemy. >> she was not that interested in talking about what happened. , theperiod -- the crime implications, being chased by the fbi, the love story, she was not that interested in talking about. she was also one of these people you do not neces

tick hostile low, neat silver, steve wozniak, duncan need are hour, arianna huffington -- dick saturdaynd more night 8:00 30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. 11:30 p.m. funding for long-term health care after president obama's speech on student loans. >> president obama urged parents and college students to call, e-mail, and tweaked representatives demanding action to prevent -- tweet representatives. from the rose garden, this is just under 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >>good morning, everybody. have a seat. have a seat. welcome to the white house. i know it's a little warm. one of my favorite things about this job is that i get to spend some time with remarkable young people from all across the country. it inspires me. it makes me feel good. those of you who have had to put on suits and ties and show up at the white house first thing on a friday morning may not feel the same way i do -- [laughter] -- but i appreciate all of you being here. you cleaned up very well. and these students and graduates are here to talk about something that matters to m

. >> because the huffington post -- i don't know if arianna is painting herself to earn a bunch, but -- >> you're not a little bothered by this? >> you know, i -- i don't have anything to hide, andrew. i don't have anything to hide. if they want to monitor my -- >> they're not letting us know about it. and senators who have been raising concerns about this who know more than we do say if the american public knew what we were doing, they would be much more concerned. >> don't you think that i would want to make a big deal out of it because of this administration? and i -- like even yesterday, susan rice, i just think obama has such big guts that he just -- i admire the power of just going like that to the whole gop basically with susan rice. not going to be state? okay. i'll give her an even bigger job. benghazi, take that. >> tell people what we're talking about. >> it's on the cover of every paper. >> but a lot of people are in bed and get their news from us. >> they're in trouble. so the u.s. national security agency is reportedly collecting telephone records from millions of veriz